Fun fact I knew you could get cancer anywhere but somehow was still more stupefied than horrified when my mom found out what she thought was a hernia was actually a tumor. But yeah uh

PLEASE HELP ME PAY FOR MY MOM'S BUTT REMOVAL SURGERY NO I AM NOT KIDDING

The V*nmo is in my bio in case you can't read my handwriting, yes I know I do my y's weird

A huge thank you to everyone who's donated and boosted so far! Mom just had a biopsy today, and while the official results won't be in for a week the doc said the tumor was a lot larger and deeper than they thought at first, so a permanent colostomy (aka they take off the bad parts of her butt, put in a tube for her to use the bathroom out of, and seal the rest of her ass shut forever) is guaranteed from how damaged the skin got from radiation. Knocking on wood that they'll be able to excise all the tumor before it can spread into her left leg.

With the money I got I was able to order three disability aids for my mom: a strap for her bed so she can sit herself up without assistance, a grabber arm so she can pick stuff up off the floor without leaning over and getting dizzy, and a basket for her walker so she can keep her things with her and not have to put them on the seat and worry about them falling over (especially drinks)!

Again, I am so grateful to everyone who has helped me help my mom so far. She's been my rock my entire life, and now I need to be there for her.

UPDATE (7/31/23)

Ssorry it's taken me so long to update this. A lot has happened...like, a LOT a lot.

But! Good news! Mom's surgery (which took 8 hours for each part of it, so like. 16 hours total and change) was a success! She has been Barbie doll-ified...plus a colostomy bag. Mattel might not wanna make a colostomy Barbie though.

The first few days of her recovery she was too hopped up on pain meds to be conscious for any more than a few minutes at a time, but since then she's made steady progress. She can now:

At first the doctors were worried they'd have to keep her an extra week or send her to a rehab facility before she could come home, but she's been healing shockingly fast for an immunocompromised person, so she might actually be coming home soon!

To all who have boosted and donated: Thank you so, so much. It's been rough, and a lot of other stuff has been happening and/or going to shit in the meantime, so all the support has been greatly appreciated.

As I gaze at the structural column in Copley Station, cracked nearly in two and held together with zip ties that have been carefully painted over to match the column underneath, I feel my soul intertwined with that of a small Italian boy of days gone by, who also stopped to look up at a large, groaning, newly painted tank full of molasses

I feel that some non-Boston people think I may have been exaggerating this. While I did not snap a photo as I was on the train, someone else did several months ago. I do want to stress that this column is now freshly painted and therefore completely structurally sound and in absolutely no danger of causing the entire tunnel to collapse. And yes, it did in fact never cross my mind that the original post was nearly 105 years to the day of the Molassacre

This is so safe this is the safest I’ve ever felt good job mbta gold star

The concrete surface appears to be a decorative facade; the load is carried by a steel member underneath. That means that the steel bands holding the concrete on are just to keep the cosmetic part in place.

That said, there do appear to be support members in the MTA system that have deteriorated to the point of creating a safety risk.

See https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/07/20/new-image-deteriorated-column-mbta-shutdown-haymarket/

emthroney said:

Good point.

— We Should Not All Be Feminists by Frances Wright

yea.

Thinking about the two (male) coworkers I had a few farm jobs ago, one of whom was a very well spoken and politically knowledgeable self reported socialist who was nevertheless urging me to stay silent about the lower wages I was receiving so I didn't compromise his job. The OTHER one was a foulmouthed nineteen year old who didn't know what trans meant (but listened VERY well when I talked about it) and was absolutely up in arms about the wage inequality, and honestly any injustice in front of him. I'll let you guess which if them I'm still in touch with

not enough secret gardens and hidden passageways and bookshelves that open to a mysterious library these days. get working on that girls.

Bravo, Onion...back in top form.

this is actually a perfect addition. the hebrew in the tags there is a Jewish proverb/song, and it translates to “the whole world is a narrow bridge; the essential thing is not to fear at all.” the point is that, like. the whole world is scary, and that is exactly why you can’t live in fear of it. walk the bridge anyway.

huh. this is actually... huh.

CONTROVERSIAL OPINION ABOUT BISEXUALITY

that purple in the middle is not the right saturation, it doesn't fit with the other two colors and it drives me crazy.

all right, I think I got this, I've got dual citizenship and I have another flag we can borrow from:

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This is true bi/ace solidarity.

holy shit

This is the only correct way

[Patchnotes]

nobody better be posting about the met gala without mentioning the giant pro-palestine demonstration going on outside

Just as the invasion of Rafah has had horrific consequences that we are trying to take back control of, the invasion of El Fashir promises a horrifying outcome for the people of Sudan and Darfur. I urge you to donate to Islamic Relief's campaign in Sudan to help prepare for this horrible scenario.

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Canada link:

getting second hand embarrassment on the dash tonight

😳 <- this emoji but without the blush or romantic connotation. im not blushing im staring you directly in your fucking eyes

if you excuse the bad editing it would look like this

can we hit 150k before this piece of shits one year anniversary

u know before yellow emojis took over as automatic, the one we used for this exactly was O_O . which has unfortunately become the shortcut for the stupid blushy one. but we also used to emphasize the emotion by making the mouth bigger, O_________O . there was also o_O , for when you're weirded out, and o_o for small weirds or intrigue. you could use a period instead of an underscore for the mouth, o.o, O.O, which was a little more like shock.

there was also -_- for when you're annoyed. -_-* for pissed. the asterisk is a forehead vein. a very bad day or very bad joke could result in -___________-********** .

anyway that's your history lesson for the day, dont forget your roots.

let us also not forget the meekest of them all: ._.

I mean….

Our parents really have undiagnosed mental illnesses and we just gotta deal with the problems that come with that

To cite someone from Russian twitter: "If you don't feel like going to therapist, don't worry — your kids will"

If you’re transgender I want you to go out there and make the worst, shittiest, most twee or cringe or weird or kitsch or gross or all-around unappealing art you possibly can. The idea that all art, especially stuff made by oppressed minorities, has to be Serious and Cool or even GOOD is a prison. Art is first and foremost about self-expression, not being Cool or Good At Art. Make whatever you want. There's no rules and anyone telling you otherwise is a liar

hades 1 is leaving home (which is why it has iliad characters) hades 2 is homecoming (which is why it has odyssey characters) send tweet send tweet